Instructions: after you have completed the reading for this module, spend some time comparing and contrasting the Holbein and Drer portraits yourself. Answer the following discussion prompt in at least a paragraph, and be sure to also post either a response to a peer or a question in the QotW thread.

What similarities or differences do you notice in these two portraits? What aspects of these paintings support the idea that they reflect the "invention" of the individual? Lastly, does the fact that Drer's painting is a self-portrait change how you interpret it?

Module reading:
Please read Jerry Brotton, "Introduction," (in The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction, p. 16-27), and Jason Farago, Seeing Our Own Reflection in the Birth of the Self-Portrait.

Overview: Brotton's chapter splits roughly into two parts: the first half introduces the main themes of the Renaissance through the painting The Ambassadors (Holbein, 1533), while the second explores the dif

1. Download the file titled "The Common Case - Human Resources." The Common Case - Human Resources.docx

2. Attend or watch the recording of class where we discuss the Common Case.

3. Answer the 3 questions at the bottom of the Common Case and save the document with your responses.

4. Upload your Common Case with your responses.

In your CRs, try to focus on one idea or concept or question from the week's readings/viewings/engagements that you find particularly important. Feel free always to connect to sustaining the past, present, and future of your communities and/or those communities you are in solidarity with.

Week 4 Connected Texts:

Wong & Pena, CSPs Chapter 7 (Required)

Irizarry, CSPs Chapter 5

Asian American Feminist Antibodies (Links to an external site.) (Read/View any 2 selections)
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59f87d66914e6b2a2c51b657/t/5e7bbeef7811c16d3a8768eb/1585168132614/AAFCZine3_CareintheTimeofCoronavirus.pdf

CSP book: https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4tYnDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Conduct a 30-minute observation at a local McDonalds or Starbucks restaurant (or large international chain as stated above), and document the following. Please find a video of the work at McDonald's or Starbucks or use your past experiences to think about the actions of the employees!

- Look for specific examples of scientific management in practice. How are scientific management principles practiced across various positions at the restaurant? How would you assess the overall job design at the restaurant, according to our Contingency Analysis scale of highly mechanistic to highly non- mechanistic? Which jobs or positions are most mechanized versus least mechanized?
- Look for specific examples of classical/bureaucratic structure in practice. How are bureaucratic principles practiced at the restaurant? How would you assess the overall organization structure, according to our Contingency Analysis scale of highly bureaucratic (functional) to highly non-bureaucratic (network) str

Conduct a 30-minute observation at a local McDonalds or Starbucks restaurant (or large international chain as stated above), and document the following. Please find a video of the work at McDonald's or Starbucks or use your past experiences to think about the actions of the employees!

- Look for specific examples of scientific management in practice. How are scientific management principles practiced across various positions at the restaurant? How would you assess the overall job design at the restaurant, according to our Contingency Analysis scale of highly mechanistic to highly non- mechanistic? Which jobs or positions are most mechanized versus least mechanized?
- Look for specific examples of classical/bureaucratic structure in practice. How are bureaucratic principles practiced at the restaurant? How would you assess the overall organization structure, according to our Contingency Analysis scale of highly bureaucratic (functional) to highly non-bureaucratic (network) str

Everyone has experience in music! Every member of this class has participated in a musical activity, either as a performer or listener. This assignment asks you to share your musical experiences and opinions. In a short assignment of at least one hundred words, I would like you to write about the role music has in your life.

When did you discover that you liked certain music while working out? What music do you listen to when you need to calm down after a rough day or get yourself up and in the mood to head out with some friends? Have you ever learned to play an instrument, sung at school or church, or driven your family crazy drumming on everything around you?

This is a formal paper that "connects" at least one specific theme or issues in the readings to a contemporary issue or experiences in your life today.
After completing the notes on all the readings for that day you will then select at least one of the themes/issues in the readings to connect to something in the present.  This can be a current event or a personal experience, but you must provided examples and analysis to link the current issue directly with the readings.
The paper section should be 1 to 3 pages in length.
THEME
During the Reconstruction period was the idea of combining women's suffrage and black suffrage together.
Recently the idea of combining BLM and the Me Too movement.

look into the impact of the global pandemic on your life and the lessons you have learned in coping with the pandemic. What have been the most difficult lessons for you to learn? What do you think are the hidden jewels youve discovered from the experience? What are the implications of these experiences for your education and future career as you go through these turbulent times? How can you utilize your insights and resiliency to re-imagine the very meaning of higher education in the unknown future?

1. Written Activity #1: Your Past & Future Via Anthropology
This assignment is the first of a series of activities called "Public Anthropology" that we will do this semester.  It is inspired by Margaret Mead's engagement with wider publics - not just other anthropologists.  The world, it seems, could benefit from a more anthropological perspective.  What is anthropology, what kinds of questions or issues does it raise for you, and how are the skills applicable?  What is the "Big Question" that interests you?  This is what we are ultimately getting to.

Objective: To think about and synthesize your anthropological learning these past years, and to articulate to nonspecialist audiences the complexities of bringing an anthropological approach to a human problem.
Outcome: Discussing the ethics, benefits, and pitfalls of bringing an anthropological approach to wider publics.


First, read the following articles assigned:
a. Ingold (2018)

After reading the article, Harnessing the Science of Persuasion,

https://hbr.org/2001/10/harnessing-the-science-of-persuasion,

choose two of the techniques and give a new example (not from the article) of each. These examples can be drawn from your personal experience or from business cases.